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Originally Posted by Empty Planet  Could you talk a little bit about the "harmonic distortion"? Is it applied automatically across the spectrum or only on the frequencies one alters with the eq points? If I'm not mistaken, if one cranks the distortion I notice the level increases without being compensated for by the auto-gain. Also, the manual seemed to suggest that it reacts to different material differently, unlike a distortion algo that simply applies the same treatment across the spectrum. Is that so, and if so, could you elaborate? |
Not sure where it suggests that but no, the harmonic distortion shd be considered an overall dirtification of the entire signal path and so affects all frequencies equally. But (as you would expect) the level of the harmonics is directly proportional to the signal loudness. So basically, the louder the more harmonic distortion.
But boosts or cuts will indeed affect the harmonic distortion generated--the distortion section is pre-EQ. Also the Cutoff control changes the harmonics generated: with the control at max up all frequencies generate equal harmonics, while at lower settings the harmonics are attenuated with 6dB/oct above the cutoff frequency.
Does that make sense?
-- dj!